Present tenses
John said “I really like pizza”
John said that he really liked/likes pizza
Robert said, “We were at the cinema until around 11:00.”
Robert said that they had been at the cinema until about 11:00.
Len said, "I´ll never go to the late show".
Len said that he would never go to the late show.
My younger brother always told me: "I can jump as a monkey".
My younger brother always told me that he could jump as a monkey.
Neil said, “My brother has just returned from his trip to Rio.”
Neil said that his brother had just returned from his trip to Rio.
Rafael said, "I want to go to the show this weekend".
Rafael said that he wanted to go to the show that weekend.
The man said, “The thief robbed the lady and ran here.”
The man said that the thief had robbed the lady and had run down there.
The students said, “We are doing the test tomorrow.”
The students said they were doing the test the next day.
My colleague told me: "You should bring your report for the next meeting".
My colleague told me that I should bring my report for the following meeting.
George asked his classmates: "Have you already taken this test?".
George asked his classmates if they had already taken that test.
Sam said, “We´ve been dancing at the club since 11pm”.
Sam said that they had been dancing at the club since 11pm.
Bernardo said, “I wasn't doing anything yesterday at noon”.
Bernardo said that he hadn´t been doing anything the day before at noon.
The students asked, “Will we be taking this test in June?“
The students asked if they would be taking that test in June.
My boss asked me: "Could you please make this presentation next Friday?"
My boss asked me if I could make that presentation the following Friday.
Julie and Janet said, “We are listening to music in our room.”
Julie and Jane said that they were listening to music in their room.
Jimmy asked Kevin: "What are you doing now?".
Jimmy asked Kevin what he was doing then.
Roberta asked Tim: "Did you go to the corporate party last week?".
Roberta asked Tim if/whether he'd gone to the corporate party the previous week.
I told my friend: "I will come to your birthday party next weekend".
I told my friend that I would come to his birthday party the following weekend.
The president of France said: “We must do all we can to resolve the problems in our country”.
The president of France said that they had to do all they could to resolve the problems in their country.
I asked my boss: "When do I have to finish my project?".
I asked my boss when I had to finish my project.
Sarah told me: "I have been waiting for you for ages! Where have you been?".
Sarah told me that she had been waiting for me for ages and asked where I had been.
Emma said, “We hadn't seen this man before he talked to us 5 minutes ago.”
Emma said that they hadn't seen that man before he had talked to them 5 minutes before.
George asked Sarah: "Where and how are you going to spend your vacation?".
George asked Sarah where and how she was going to spend her vacation.
The weather forecast said: "It may rain tomorrow so you have to take your umbrellas if you should go out".
The weather forecast said that it might rain the next day so we had to take our umbrellas if we should go out.
Bob said in his interview: "I didn't play football after I had injured my knee in that match".
Bob said in his interview tha he hadn't played football after he had injured his knee in that match.